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Outdoor Land-Based Learning Program/EKOLogy (K-7)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Through daily outdoor land-based learning experiences, children will have the opportunity to develop a sense of wonder and appreciation for the beauty, diversity, and complexity of our world to become environmentally and socially responsible people with a passion for lifelong learning.

In alignment with the competencies, skills, and understandings outlined in the B.C. K-7 curriculum, children will learn to become stewards of the land within which they live, and that encompasses the rich culture, language, and history of the Coast Salish peoples.

The Outdoor Land-Based Learning Program will:

  • provide daily outdoor experiences that integrate B.C.'s curriculum with children's innate wonderings and curiosity;
  • allow teachers to facilitate emergent, experiential, inquiry-based, play-based, and place-based learning;
  • align with the First Peoples Principles of Learning and integrate Coast Salish culture, traditions, and history throughout the curriculum;
  • be rooted in Indigenous Coast Salish culture and traditions as stewards of the land;
  • allow teachers to help children to identify, co-manage and navigate risk. Opportunities to experience risk are seen as an integral part of learning and healthy development;
  • develop students' core competencies by providing experiential learning in the outdoors, fostering children's competencies as creative and critical thinkers, effective communicators, and people who are personally, socially and environmentally aware;
  • provide the opportunity for children to learn in a small school setting

Outdoor Land-based Learning Program Location:

East Kensington (EKOLogy) Elementary
2795 - 184 Street
Phone: 604-541-1257
Email: eastkensington@surreyschools.ca
Xw'epiteng Elementary
18035 8 Avenue
Phone: 604-538-1083
Email: xwepiteng@surreyschools.ca

How to Register: 

  1. Kindergarten Lottery: On-line applications open January 27, 2025, @ 9:00 am and close February 14, 2025, @ 4:00 pm
    Please read the How to Apply Online page.  
  2. Grades 1-7: To register students in Grades 1-7, please contact the school

Kindergarten registration is through the online Kindergarten Lottery.

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